On 2019-Jan-03, Andres Freund wrote:
> > Apart from this, we need to define different decode functions for
> > zheap operations as the WAL data is different for heap and zheap, so
> > same functions can't be used to decode.
>
> I'm very strongly opposed to that. We shouldn't have expose every
> possible storage method to output plugins, that'll make extensibility
> a farce. I think we'll either have to re-form a HeapTuple or decide
> to bite the bullet and start exposing tuples via slots.
Hmm, without looking at the patches, I agree that the tuples should be
given as slots to the logical decoding interface. I wonder if we need a
further function in the TTS interface to help decoding, or is the
"getattr" stuff sufficient.
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